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CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:
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YOUR VOICE! AB
654 (Berg/Levine), the bill to legalize assisted suicide, will
be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 12th.
The committee hearing will be held at the State Capitol; the
public can attend AND offer commentary to the committee!
CA Assembly Member Berg believes
she has enough support to pass the bill. Polls indicate that the majority of informed people
oppose euthanasia! Inform your community and
urge your
legislators to oppose this bill!
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The National Right to
Life Committee has issued a congressional alert and requests
your immediate action! Senate Republican leaders are proposing a
reform to prevent Democratic filibusters intended to inhibit the
election of the President's judicial nominees. A coalition of
liberal and pro-abortion pressure groups has issued a
multi-million dollar ad campaign to block the reform. Tim is
running out; read
the complete story and take action!
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More
dangers of Prop 71 were revealed in a recent
news article, this time focusing on the expensive
conflicts of interest surrounding the program. The
directors of the $3 billion stem cell institute have direct ties
to the biotech firms that stand to gain!
Members
of the panel charged with overseeing
u The Capital Resource Institute has teamed up with parents and Nevada County Supervisor Sue Horne to urge the Nevada Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees to change a controversial policy. The policy allows students to leave campus without parental consent for the treatment of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other medical issues. This policy, combined with the allowance for CA minors to have abortions without any parental notification or consent, has raised several red flags with parents and pro-life organization. Read the full story to learn more! California has experts on this school policy and can help you in your community. Call 626-859-2040 for information!
Check out the CPLC website to keep up with the latest in life issues! www.californiaprolife.org/news/index
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:
u You are invited to attend the state finals of the CA ProLife Youth Oratory Contest! This annual event showcases some of California's brightest students as they present their award winning pro-life speeches to a panel of experts and judges. Last year's winner also took 1st place at the national level! The event will be held at 10am, April 30th, at the capitol building in Sacramento, and will be a great opportunity to encourage these dedicated students! Check out more information on the oratory contest!
u You won't want to miss CPLC Director Brian Johnston's presentations, 'Combating Euthanasia', at the Lutheran's for Life Conference, April 17th in Sacramento, at Stanford University, April 23rd in Palo Alto, and at the Arkansas Right to Life Conference, on April 30th. Bring your family and friends and learn more about this dangerous trend!
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O I N T H E A D V E N T U R
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accomplish a great deal with the help of local chapters and
church contacts throughout California. If you are
interested in organizing a chapter in your area or would like to
be a pro-life representative within your church, we would love
to have you on our team!
Check out www.californiaprolife.org/volunteers
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"The
probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter
us
from the support of a cause we believe to be just."
~Abraham
Lincoln~
California ProLife Council (CPLC) www.californiaprolife.org is the largest statewide organization in California solely dedicated to pro-life issues. CPLC is a non-sectarian, non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization of pro-life groups and individuals in California dedicated to protecting and fostering the most basic value of our society-respect for LIFE itself. We seek to educate our community in regard to abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide, to identify and organize the pro-life population of the state into an effective team, and to restore respect for human life to public policy. California ProLife Council is the California affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. www.nrlc.org